Avatar Magic, By Gerald Franquemont, is now on Kindle and it can be downloaded onto most computers and reading devices.)
One question both political sides face is how to deal with an entire group of people who feel entitled to a monthly check, and who want more and more: this is a huge problem in this country? Yes, we need a system in place that makes these people to do some sort of work for our society rather than pick up a check or receive one in the mail. Again as I’ve written before , we need a mandatory enrollment in a CCC corp for all those who are fit to work in lieu of them getting free checks. No one rides for free.
I worked a short stint for HRS here in Florida, the benefits department, and left because the cases I had made me want to puke. Here’s one thought within this ongoing system of subsidy–people who get school lunches free(that is paid for by tax payers) for their kids now ask us to give their children presents for Christmas and food when school is out since they can’t feed their kids! How about stop having kids you can’t afford to feed or to celebrate??? The middle class has to family plan within their means, and most do–why is it so off the charts to talk about family planning for those who ask us to pay their family’s way?
The recent rant that Obama doesn’t value our soldiers or our US consulates is a boat load of crapola…give me a break,,,what a stupid thing to put out there, hoping to hit that emotional nerve of misunderstanding..it’s stuff like this people put out over and over hoping to get that emotional response knee jerk reaction from people before they can think about it. Really? Obama doesn’t value our soldiers past and present? Really? Huh,Huh? So stupid.
Another constant debate is over Obamacare, and I’ve no idea why Obama’s campaign hasn’t flipped the outrage over this policy into the slogan that “Obama Cares!” Anyway if you are a family making less than $250,000 a year then you will not see your taxes go up, once you take time to read the bottom lines. It is all here, and yes it is convoluted, confusing and not easily read but this is federal Law: what do you expect!?!? http://www.factcheck.org/2012/07/twisting-health-care-taxes//
For us working folks maybe it is enough to say that yes, The Supreme Court found that, “the federal government does not have the power to order people to buy health insurance( but it can impose a tax).” And that international studies show countries who offer working people national health care have workers who live happier and live longer than do Americans at this time.
Here’s an interesting point about why we don’t hear too much about Obamacare from either candidate: previously, Romney has defended the law he signed when governor of Massachusetts, called by some Romneycare, which included a similar individual mandate on a state level.(As Obama’s National health care bill). While Republicans have been vocal about pointing to the penalty being termed a tax, Romney’s campaign has been careful to avoid being drawn into a comparison on the point.( He did the same thing as Governor)
Certainly our history lessons are skewed, and perhaps every country does the same to different degrees? But in the end Americans get to vote and to make a difference( for now). I am a supporter of Obama. I simply can’t imaging another President who has done so much with so little and in the face of so much opposition. Obstructionists have used filibusters more times in congress against President Obama than it has ever been used before in all our past administrations combined!!!!!
And according to Romney’s recent campaign speeches it is the Republicans who have Ecology in their hearts and minds??? Is this Animal Farm or something? And we’ll get leaders in Education from the GOP???? They cut educational budgets as much as possible-see when Bush Jr was Governor of Texas that Texas had the lowest funded educational budget in these United States! I hear Romney say that The GOP is for our workers??? What?! They support Union busting left and right, and with wages being high or low, or back room deals being made or not, the issue here is the GOP consistently says the workers don’t need or have a right to have a voice at the table for negotiations within the work place!
And for the record: Unions need to acquire benefits for part-time workers; at least 1/2 benefits for 1/2 full-time makes sense.
If Obama does win, or if Romney does win, Wars will happen as our military deems them to be necessary; politician’s will remain in the pockets of those with money; some socialist programs will remain in effect and some open market ideas will remain too. But the middle class will work like dogs, for very little savings either way. But Head’s UP! To the point of Women’s rights I believe there is a lot at stake depending upon which party wins this election. Yes I hated it when Bush JR. was President, but I survived 8 years of it, and if Obama wins you will too….though fishing would be more fun than standing behind filibusters made by either side.:-)
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October 31, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Ginny
Bravo!
October 31, 2012 at 7:05 pm
franque23
Thank you Ginny!
Franque
November 1, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Jose
Hi Gerry,
It is hard to address the issue of the “group of people” who expect a check every month. NOt sure who are you referring to as the “group of people” . I assume that you might be referring to those who are unemployed and with no skills or very few skills of value. Or maybe those with an attitude that somewho we owe them a living. I say, that if you are referring to the first group, perhaps they should be required to be trained in something that is marketable, in exchange for a check every month and once they gain a skill and help them become productive members of society, they will pay back via their taxes everytime they receive a check.
AS to the children of the free lunch, problem is that they children are not guilty or responsible for their parents attitudes and they cannot be let go hungry. Action has to be taken at the parents and not the children. They have to be fed.
As to Health CAre issue, profit must be taken out of certain services, such as health care, public schools and universities, public transportation. Yes, the US has a very expensive healthcare system, why, I do not know. Spain’s is as good as USA, that is my experience, has problems with waitlists, however, they do take care of all emergencies at once and are as good as USA. Why it is so much cheaper here, probably the lack of private insurance companies. In Spain, there are not many insurance companies and they are mostly for autos, houses, burial and major injuries. Very few health care insurance and it is very inexpensive because they are trying really hard to destroy the public system and I think slowly they are succeding. Health CAre in Spain is probably 50% cheaper than USA. Spain does have the second or third nation with highest life expectancy, but I would not say that’s because of their healthcare, but there are other factors such as life style.
I have come to the conclusion that he problem with the public system, which I think is best for society, is that when it is not one’s resources some of the employees and above all the administrators take a different attitude about how to use those resources and there seems to be more waste than in the private system. Unfortunately the private system cares more about profit and not people. Public bAnk Administrators in Spain, just a few, bankrupted the system because they did not have a public service attitude, they had a me first attitude. Unfortunately, I have seen too much of that attitude among public administrators, who are usually way overpaid as “public servants”. I have concluded that too many public servants, are not public servants and ruin the name of good public systems.
The private systems are there just for the bucks and for the shareholders. I mean, particularly the very large national and multi-national corporations. Smaller businesses usually are better, however, they are fast disappearing and or have difficulty surviving in an environment where regulation makes it very difficult for a small business to compete against a Bank of AMerica.
November 1, 2012 at 8:00 pm
franque23
Jose thank you for these clarification that I see are missing from this blog–and yes, I mean those who could work but don’t, and those who choose to have many many children and how receiving checks to raise their children with but can’t, won’t or just don’t. I always go back to the children who are not to blame, so I think family planning in these cases, is necessary–say if you are on the dole for so many years then hey some many children then stop. Of course these issue are very complex- and they need to be vetted completely by logical men, leaders, of which I fear we have few –so many are greedy, and not public servants at all. could go on forever about our congress having their own S. security , health and retirement systems..what the hell is that?
Franque/Gerry
November 3, 2012 at 6:57 am
Jose
I never sell anything that I am not willing to buy. I am referring to those who advocate public schools, but send their own to private schools, or advocate a public retirement system, but they themselves vote for their own private retirement system. I call that whoreism, actually whoreism is probably more ethical than those people who advocate socialism for others but vote themselves privatism.
November 4, 2012 at 8:13 pm
franque23
Jose I agree with you—preach one way and live another…..
November 5, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Erik Thenephew
I like how the conversation is starting to look at issues from both sides of the isle. They had a great episode of “60 minutes” last night where they talked to both the majority leaders and just blasted them for not getting any major legislation signed through compromise. They spend all their time planning how to take eachother out, they never can cross party lines to find real reform, the moderates are just blasted by their own party and several have just decided to quit than to continue on. It seems silly because most people in America would cut expenses and try to increase revenue at the same time if they were in a bind and the goverment should do the same, increase revenue (taxes) and cut spending (ss, medacare). Just tax the rich a bit more and cut services to the poor a bit more so you can truely support a middle class and have compromise. I agree financial support should be tied to some sort of civic duty, and tax increases tied to
November 5, 2012 at 5:51 pm
franque23
Erik-good points, and I feel most of us agree, the workers that is, but many times we just can’t get over differences to truly talk things out. But when you get down to women’s equal pay, abortion, federal funding of church schools, national health care-there seems to be little room to comprise-if anything it would be hard to say both parties are the same and that the American voter has no real choice—-many critical issues are clearly on the table. I’ll be amazed if Obama doesn’t carry the country. I am also surprised at the polling of women voters-I’d think Obama would control a larger lead among these voters.